Gun X Sword

First Episode released by Shinsen... it's licensed, so this is probably as good as it's gonna get

http://shinsen-bt.dyndns.org/%...7723AA9%5D.avi.torrent

"Planet Endless Illusion is a utopia for scoundrels where the desert is filled with dreams, and the towns are full of violence. Van, a vagabond, meets a girl, Windy in a twon. She is waiting for her elder brother who was kidnapped. Then, Luck the Roulette, appears accompanying many outlaws. Windy fights against them with the gun her brother left, but& "


http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/gunsword/
http://www.asta.anime-int.com/works/gunsword/index.html
http://www.jvcmusic.co.jp/m-serve/gunsword
http://anidb.info/perl-bin/ani...how=anime&aid=2839
http://www.animenewsnetwork.co...edia/anime.php?id=4920
http://www.animenfo.com/animet...,lzvngj,gunxsword.html

who's complaining Shinsen is somewhat decent.

I am... don't like them

I think I'll check this new series out. Umm.. how is the actual subbing done? I hope it isnt of poor quality.

downloading right now since it's already licensed i hope it'll be good

Looks kinda like Trigun so I must watch, and shinsen subs ifs fine by me. Thanks for the heads up on new series Bud, keep up the good work.

it has potential... his weapon kicks some major ass...

I found the first episode very dull, boring, and annoying... i'll watch next episode though for now...

I'll tell you know, Van will die by the end of the series

beginning was ownage. but when the huge robot (armor's ) came it went downhill. stupid big robots ruining the badassnes of the main charr.

Looks like a mix between Trigun and S.cry.ED.

Let's say it lacks some originality so far...

Anything made today lacks originality. But I might watch the next few eps to see were it goes if anywhere god.

Yeah, I'm tired of the "it lacks originality" argument... if something is good, it is simply that, who cares if it borrows ideas from other anime... at least i don't... in fact... if i liked the anime that it is borrowing ideas from, i like it even more because i get to see something i liked again, but with a fresh presentation...

I don't know whether it borrowed ideas from those series, (and I'm one of the first to say that people shouldn't compare different series). Though, fact are that the composer of the music didn't made much effort not to make it sound as S.cry.ED (he was the composer on that one too), even though there are different series with different settings.

Most of anime shows unfortunatly don't bring fresh ideas... (and especially shounen or bishoujo/harem shows... and this one belongs to the first category.) Although the Far West /Cowboy world is far from being common in anime series, the main character is so far a stereotype (lonesome-overpowered-almost-unbeatable-till-the-very-end-of-the-series-who-only-seek-revenge) character.

The first reason I watched this series was because I knew who was doing the music (I've loved his work on both S.cry.ED and PLANETES)... so I maybe wasn't searching for "originiality" in the music... though I wasn't expecting to hear some forgotten S.cry.ed tracks either...

After watching too many anime series... I don't think people can bear seeing the same pattern again and again.... the series being good or not (which it has yet to be decided by the viewer indeed). Even if this was a sequel to one of the series I've quoted... I don't think I would like it either...

(I don't think the one who made the title thought a long time either.... Gun x Sword... he could have called it Western x Mecha... it would have had the same effect -_-[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]

PS : on a side note I'm really hard to please, so don't think you are wrong either (or that I think you are wrong)... I'm just easily bored :/

I liked everything in the first but then they bringed out the robots.... I can live with them but why must they make the main female character so annoying.

Also Van looks have we seen before cant help but think of some other cowboy.

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Yeah, I'm tired of the "it lacks originality" argument... if something is good, it is simply that, who cares if it borrows ideas from other anime... at least i don't... in fact... if i liked the anime that it is borrowing ideas from, i like it even more because i get to see something i liked again, but with a fresh presentation...

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I'm not saying that everything is crap I'm just making a point that we should enjoy a show for what it is and not what it takes after.

I wasn't responding to you, i was responding to the post before you...

I was agreeing with your posts and throwing some of my thoughts...

Well.. haven't seen Trigun or Scryed (or however you write it)... so I can't say... but i think this show is not bad... i kinda liked the first episode... Giant robots... meh, but at least the fights are cool... and it doesn't look as if everything will be resolved by giant robots (if so, well that's lame)... I guess they just wnted to show everything that this series was about in the first ep... which is logical...

Sora released episode 1 if anyone is interested...

They did a great job with Kurau Phantom Memory

Sora 01


Edit: I browsed trough it and like it more... I'm mean they call a tuxedo a tuxedo...

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Sora released episode 1 if anyone is interested...

They did a great job with Kurau Phantom Memory

Sora 01


Edit: I browsed trough it and like it more... I'm mean they call a tuxedo a tuxedo...

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your link is broken or something, cant get to the torrent file

anyway, yeah i saw the first ep, it runs a little choppy on my crappy pc so i missed some of the action sequences, but it looks to be a "meh" series for me. ill pick it up when i see it, but im not counting down the hours until episode 2 is released. i agree with most of the points made above about the mecha and borrowed character designs, but what are you gonna do, you know? i do like the trigun aspect of it, although the predictability of the show is a little too patronizing for me, i mean of course hes gonna help out the village and fight the bad guy. its lazy storywriting if you ask me, but thats just my opinion.
Gun x Sword. cmon. stupid name. although i do like the Kowloon Cloth/Sword thing he has...
anyway, my final thoughts:


RECIPE FOR GUN X SWORD

1X COWBOY BEBOP
1X TRIGUN
Tbsp. MECHA

The first thing youll need is a big pot to mix the ingredients in.
Set the heat to medium and add your first two ingredients, stir well, and let sit for 28 minutes.
Serve lukewarm and garnish with Mecha


o_O ?

Watched ep 1 by Sora, and am liking it very much, when the robots came out I had second thoughts, but i'll give it a go, because it could make it interesting, but the animation, action, and comedy is really good, i'll be getting all of this.

Also, Cowboy Bebop and Trigun eat your heart out, as people have pointed out.

Yes im liking this anime

Second Episode I felt was a bit slower... but maybe its just I haven't slept in three days... so the fact that it kept me awake is a feat!

Ep3 was fun... with the three old men and their Power Ranger-style armor... that was funny! makes you wonder what the hell are armors on this planet... and the bad guy's armor somehow looked like an EVA unit... and what is that blue glow coming from Dann and stuff?

dude can you also say where you get those epi´s from??

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dude can you also say where you get those epi´s from??

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lol ya i only seen eps 1 and try to search for others but cant find them

you can get them right here

http://shinsen-bt.dyndns.org/

I always get them from Baka-Updates

http://www.baka-updates.com/releases.php

for any anime I watch... I'll try posting the link to the torrent next time

EDIT: Episode III

ok thanks [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]

i was a bit skeptical about this series before, based on the first ep, id didnt really pop or anything, but the third ep totally sold me on this show, im a big fan of sentai, and shit, that was just cool. also the robot looked a whole hell of alot like gaogaigar, who im also a big fan of, and we didnt see Van or Dann in action much at all, so that was also cool.
anyway yeah, the next ep looks to be a little disturbing, what with Van possibly making drunken advances on his young travel companion. fucking japs, cant leave the young girls alone

I havent seen the 3rd eps but dling now and on sentai did u mean hentai?

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I havent seen the 3rd eps but dling now and on sentai did u mean hentai?

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No, he didn't.

Just started watching this series. Looks OK.

Cool episode even though I not into this type of anime this one is pretty good so far

im liking this series so far, might even get better [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]

So far, this series is just some kind of melting pot.
First episode was some kind of Mad Max episode...
Second episode was the average shounen episode, where they travel and help people on their way.
Third episode was a super mecha episode... I wonder if sunrise helped on that one, since the mecha really looked like Gao Gai Gar.
Fourth episode is the cliche episode where a character falls ill and that the other has to search for a doctor that doesn't live that near...

and from what we can see from the opening... it's feels like it's gonna go on with the "one episode = 1 vilain"

yea shinsen is up to 3..there subbing at a good speed..cause episode 5 just came out..

funny how people bag on this series yet everyone seems to LOOOOVE trinity blood. so far, the latter has been 12 out of 12 subbed episodes of FILLER!!! >__<

something tells me this series might hav more promise than most mecha/western shows. but like stekkos said, nothing new.

I dunno about this one either. the main character seems a bit off to me. Or maybe I just don't like his VA, sounds like he's mumbling :p And I find the stuff with the little girl, like her shower scene, a bit, well, unsavory. I've got to admit the animation looks nice though, so I'll have to see.

Ya the animation is nice and vans sword is kick ass

Episode 3 just made this series infinitely gayer. I'm dropping this series if episode 4 doesn't redeem itself.

lol i know what u mean eps 3 was kind of lame and boring

wtf episode 3 was just power rangers!!??

Ep 4 by Shinsen Subs!!!

Downloading it...

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wtf episode 3 was just power rangers!!??

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THE GOGGLES...THEY DO NOTHING!

Ep 4 was interesting... and really ep 3 was just a filler... we learn much more in episode 4... and there will probably be interesting revelations in episode 5 too!

I just saw episode 4 "the best episode so far"

This series is pretty much Trigun with mechs, don't deny it, we all know it.

It's been interesting enough to keep me watching so far, and I kinda like how the opening shows more people after it introduces them (like Carmen and her weapon, which didn't show in the second eps open, etc). Van's seiyuu definitely doesn't really seem to fit his character, but everyone else so far was fine. I'll give it a few more, but it probably won't be in the top half of the series I've seen.

I just can't see how people didn't like eps 3. I guess you just can't appreciate a good parody. Not only did they do Power Rangers, they even topped it off with a "burning fingers" G Gundam final hit.

I can't wait until they revel who the man with the claw is.

I liked ep 3... but it was still just a filler... nothing happened story-wise... damn, I can't wait for ep5!

Episode 5
http://shinsen.b33r.net/%5BShi...82D0A1B%5D.avi.torrent

Episode 5 kicked so much ass, but it was a little creepy.

Ray is pretty cool, the fighting between Ray and Van were damn cool.

Ray is awsome, but I meant the whole twin thing.

So eps 5 kick so much ass then i got to see it and the fight

This series has gotten somewhat better from my impression in the first episode...

They need to get better villians, instead of these suckass punks...

Only thing that is keeping this series together for me is some pretty cool action sequences and the hope that the guy with the claw is kickass...

and for some reason i think that Wendy's brother is the claw guy... or at least i think he wasn't kidnapped... but instead joined forces with him or something...

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This series has gotten somewhat better from my impression in the first episode...

They need to get better villians, instead of these suckass punks...

Only thing that is keeping this series together for me is some pretty cool action sequences and the hope that the guy with the claw is kickass...

and for some reason i think that Wendy's brother is the claw guy... or at least i think he wasn't kidnapped... but instead joined forces with him or something...

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Yeah, that seems more likely. I think that the acual bad guys are in shadow in the opening, like the "good guys". I can't wait for them to apper. Van will kick thier asses.

Wow... episode 5 was NICE... the two clones were weird... but anyways, Ray is a neat character!!! and I liked the way Twins were getting wounded in the same way!

ya rays cool his armor was awsome

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and for some reason i think that Wendy's brother is the claw guy... or at least i think he wasn't kidnapped... but instead joined forces with him or something...

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I've had that thought in my head as well.

Too many condiments.

I'm not too sure of this one yet. I'll watch a couple of more eps before making a final decison.

GUNxSWORD Episode 6 is out. Download the fun here:
http://shinsen.b33r.net/%5BShi...7E756FF%5D.avi.torrent

cool dl eps 6 now it looks pretty good from the preview

a half filler episode... the end is nice tho...
this series seems like it has a complicated plot and I like that... and there is the question: why are the man with the claw and the brother traveling... where are they going? and why does van have such a powerful armor?

damn

The series is only 6 episodes in. Later on, at maybe episode 13, we might find out whats really going on.

Wow, the beginning scene is a blatant rip-off of Pulp Fiction. My interpretations of that:

1. Pulp Fiction is also extremely popular in Japan...
~~or~~
2. They're out of ideas and stole it from Pulp Fiction because nobody in Japan has seen it

PS: and I just noticed, that Tony guy's name is Tony Montana...TONY MONTANA!!!

Hehe. "Say 'ello to my little friend!"

That ep was crappy until the last 2 minutes. Ep 5 kept me in it. Ep 6 was crap. It felt like it was trying to be a parody, unless I am reading to much into it.

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PS: and I just noticed, that Tony guy's name is Tony Montana...TONY MONTANA!!!

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HAHAHA I hadn't realized that!

I liked how it played when he was gonna call Dann but changed his mindafter seeing the "armor"...

a question though... this is a 24 ep series right?

26 episodes according to ANN.

Yeah, I thought this ep was more of a parody, I didn't like this episode, those two bitches kept pissing me off!

and they just happened to ask the guy and he knew where the claw guy was, when he asked and he said "yes, right over there" I thought it was just going to be some coincidence, with someone else, like how Sasuke asked for an old guy and a young blonde guy, and got different people to Jiraiya and Naruto. Also, at the end I thought Van was going to call Dann out for a second, and go ape shit, heh. Wishful thinking.

Yeah, those two idiots pissed me off. A car is an armor HAH! What the hell was wrong with them? Anyway, I hope the next episode is as good as the last minute of this episode (just the last minute).

7 is out

http://shinsen.b33r.net/[Shinsen-Subs

My first impressions after watching the first three episodes is that this show is pretty good actually! Granted it borrows alot from Trigun and other animes, but like its been said a million times before, what anime doesn't do that nowadays?

I was just wondering what the best sub for this series is, because Shinsen really isn't my favorite...

Original 7????? and I gotta say... I really enjoyed the last episode... I dun wanna spoil it for anyone... but I just wanna say.. I find that the dog is shifty!

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Original 7?????

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Dann of Thursday, Thursday is a day of the week, there
are 7 days of the week...... It was kinda obvious.

Anyway, this episode was great. It gave us a look into
Van's mind and gave a great fight at the end. I hope
the episodes stay this way and dont go the way of
Episode 6.

They will... Episode 6 was like episode 3 I think... they might have more of those (I didn't like ep6 but i enjoyed the old men one) but the main story is gonna be told through eps like this which incidentally... are really good!
and yea, I hadn't gotten the Dann of Thursday part...with this in mind, I think Ray is part of that group... and since his wife to be was also killed by the claw guy that means... what? the way its happening, he's simply setting up those two (and maybe more) to go and take revenge on him... maybe he wants a good fight? maybe he wants to get rid of them all at once (he had a chance to kill them so why do that? maybe he's just a lunatic who just picked his enemies with extreme bad luck!

Shinsen-Sub
eps 8

GOOD F***** EP! Ray is baddass as ever... although, he's not in the Original 7... well I don't think he is...There is a very good reason why the claw guy would kill his fiancée.

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GOOD F***** EP! Ray is baddass as ever... although, he's not in the Original 7... well I don't think he is...There is a very good reason why the claw guy would kill his fiancée.

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Lol he is the original 7, he says "Just as i expect from the original 7", plus you can read it on top of that sign thing in that satellite.

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GOOD F***** EP! Ray is baddass as ever... although, he's not in the Original 7... well I don't think he is...There is a very good reason why the claw guy would kill his fiancée.

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Lol he is the original 7, he says "Just as i expect from the original 7", plus you can read it on top of that sign thing in that satellite.

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I'm talking about Ray...not Van...

Pretty good episode. The clawed man is a pretty big asshole for throwing away all of these projects.

Oh my bad, anyways the episode was cool, I was like Langren? Then I found out josh and ray are bros, but now it looks like Carmen might join the gang, next episode I mean.

heh, I liked episode 8, he's got another person following him.
Well, another good episode.

Episode 9 by Shinsen

I'm actually liking this series...I was going to drop it after watching a couple episodes but it got better.

Nice episode, getting closer to the claw man, I wonder how long it'll be before we see this claw guy?

Episode 10

http://shinsen.b33r.net/%5BShi...E58BF1B%5D.avi.torrent


Edit: What was episode 9? The one of Carmen 99's hometown?

Yeah episode 9 was in her hometown

10 was pretty good, but the guy was really strange.

Episode 11 is also out.

WOW! the story really starts at episode 11 I guess and well if you haven't seen the ep before skip this..









WE get to see the Original Seven!!! and Saudade looks neat. I guess it'll probably be Michael piloting it... oh and I was right in thinking that Ray wasn't part of the Seven!

Good episode. Looks like the real story starts here. I'll say this though, I saw the Michael thing coming....

Yeah, I saw that coming as well...


About the original seven, do you guys think that he meant Van? Since in both cases they reffered to him they said "the guy above"... Though they could've meant the Claw-man, but I think the Claw-man is not part of that, he's like something above all of that...

And the two little kids were wierd, licking each other... bunch of nymphos...

These two episodes have been great, and it looks like next one is gonna be awesome...

Just finished watching episode 10 and 11, and good episodes, things are really coming to start, Michael coming into the picture, with the other guys as well.
Yeah, I got the picture that Van is part of the original seven, that's how I interpreted it.

Yeah, the kids licking each other was weird, spun me out, and it seems Van also, heh.

12 and 13

http://shinsen.b33r.net/%5BShi...C1B0A0B%5D.avi.torrent

http://shinsen.b33r.net/%5BShi...2530223%5D.avi.torrent

SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT!

this was... was... DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMN iight uhm... i dunno what can be said... without spoiling... just watch these two eps you won't be disappointed... really


now go watch it...






SPOILERS





you've watched it?
























Van is crazy! really... his face when he saw the claw guy was just priceless! damn! and Ray had the same face too! and wtf is the claw guy anyways? and was van's wife part of the old Original 7? at least now we know... we know what planet endless illusion is... what the original seven are (were) for. We know where Van and Ray stand... they have to come together... and DAMN that brother, the claw man would be dead by now... shit... damn... these two eps were so f*cked up... the introduction of the claw guy was so well done (even though you probably know who he is before he gets his hand). so... next eps... more good guys appearing? I can't wait to see the other Original 7 armors...!!!

two bests eps so far... and good thing Shinsen released them together. cuz they fit as a one-hour ep...

Man, episodes 12 and 13 were awesome... Last 4 episodes or so have been great... But it seems like we'll go to the same formula for a couple of episodes now...


Finally got to see the claw guy, so that's good... I bet many of you suspected him since they first showed him... And man, that brother is a moron, that claw guy could be dead by now...


Van going crazy was great... I really love the face expressions they make when they go crazy...

That last 4 episodes have been awsome. The real plot is great, and the Original Armors are nice.

That clawed man..... I can kinda see how he manipulates people into joining him. He has a lot of charisma.
He kinda reminds me of Johan in Monster.....

I just got caught up with the series.

Is anyone else, besides me, extremely annoyed by Joshua?? I wish he had moved just a foot more into the shot so his brother could have killed him. Wouldn't that have made an emotional impact... And, I agree, the introduction to the Claw-man was fucking priceless. I didn't expect it myself, so it totally shocked me when that happened. It's definitely a good thing Shinsen released this double. The cliffhanger of 12 would've been too much to bear.

I love the Claw-man's personality. So calm... so confident. And he looks like he's 60! "If that's what you wish, then go ahead. But, it will have to wait until after I accomplish my dream." So fucking badass...

Totally agree. The blond guy's crazy face was great too...Hmm I didn't notice the claw man was and old dude in teh OP,bleh [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif[/img]
If I'm correct, there should be 7 armors (including Van's and THE blond guy's) ?

The last 2 eps remind me a lot of Trigun,I wonder if the end would be similar

mmm Ray is not part of the Original 7...

its van
the old guy that died
the two kids
the black haired girl
another guy (with the two kids)
and Michael.

those are the seven owners of the armors...

But didn't the claw man say that Ray's armor was one of the 7 ?? I'm a bit confused ^.^"

yea... i'm kinda wondering what he meant when he asked ray to join... maybe there are more armours or somthing but before he simply said that the armor was built to help his dream. he wasn't talking about the Original 7... also, the inside of the 7 armors is similar to what Van's is... Ray is a regular (although powerful) armor.

Might be wrong tho... and one of those is fighting in pairs... like two kids or sumthin and he wants Ray's armor in the 7... (doubt it tho)

I don't know if Ray's armor is a regular one : like Van, he seems to "summon" it each time he had to. On the other side, it's true we never see him inside it like Van inside Dann....

Ray's armor is not from the Original 7... the Claw guy didn't even say so...